Its main problem in OU (lack of Physical Ice STAB, ie no spammable STAB) is made irrelevant, as Dragon+Electric is perfect neutral coverage. Adamant Band 2HKOs the entire metagame (bar maxdef Salamence thanks to Intimidate) with rocks up, including Avalugg. It also has Ice Beam for a more reliable hit on Avalugg. Sets such as Scarf clean vs offense with ease, SubRoost smashes stall, etc. Its typing isn't even that bad.

Partly held back in OU by its awful offensive coverage, here Grass is one of the best offensive types and offers near perfect coverage when paired with Dragon Pulse or even HP Fire/Poison. Worry Seed beats Sap Sipper, and you have Taunt, SubSeed, Aromatherapy, Giga Drain and Glare as other options.

No new switchins have been introduced since last gen. You can find some more thoughts by sinpi here.

One of the strongest offensive types in Grass, Beast Boost and access to SD (even though Band can already 2hko Avalygg), it's pretty clear that SR isn't enough to hold back this unwallable mon

What's new with USUM?
New threats in the UBs, new weather mons, and Tapus, and also lost some major faces of the metagame such as Mega Lopunny, Mega Heracross, Mega Abomasnow... nearly every relevant mega, in fact! Necrozma, and Tapu Bulu look like great additions in particular. Will Diggersby and Snorlax be banned again? Will Chanslugg still be the defensive core of choice, despite its passiveness? How will Necrozma fair with Photon Geyser? All questions that open play should answer soon!

Your basic special wall. Seismic Toss is better than Psywave due to more reliable damage. Stealth rock is good for hazards since not many pokemon can break Chansey turn 1. Counter allows Chansey to ohko most physical threats, and Wish allows for even more healing.

Interesting that this is brought back, despite being completely removed from Sun and Moon altogether.

Some initial thoughts:

-Pheromosa seems like a pretty big threat. Having SE coverage on Psychic types while also sporting the awful Bug type around and having Ice Beam to hit Avalugg seems like it's pretty scary. Thankfully, Normal types can take a High Jump Kick or two.

-Katarna just dies to any priority ever. ...Maybe that's an exaggeration, but it's also an offensive Grass-type.. Sceptile strikes me as a better option, though.

-Guzzlord is still not good.

-Tapu Bulu is probably going to be a big threat. I can see Fighting types and Sap Sipper mons becoming more popular now.

-Thanks to Psychic Terrain enabling a formerly bad type to go wild, I think Tapu Lele is going to be extremely crazy in this. Don't forget those Fighting types... (that can't Mach Punch this due to the terrain)

252 Atk Choice Band Kartana Leaf Blade vs. 252 HP / 200+ Def Eviolite Porygon2: 168-198 (44.9 - 52.9%) -- 25.8% chance to 2HKO
porygon has proven yet again to be too good, this is probably the best check in the game along with those random sap sipper mons

literally every grass loses to it barring grass sap sippers this is looking like a serperior but its slower and physical

i can see stuff like bulky bouf and milktank can into play, the only thing holding this back is its shitty steel typing making it weak to the most common type and sr
its a good mon to test out
dont get me started on phero lol i feel meloletta will be pressured alot this gen tbh with all those tapus since its looking like tapu lele is gonna be broken asf nothing switchins into specs

Tapu Lele is interesting. High offenses breaks through most defensive cores, and Psychic Terrain is pretty amazing. Psychic + Fairy gets past Poison, but has trouble with Fighting types. Depending on it's coverage and set, it can beat almost any Pokemon in Inverse.

Speaking of Kommo-o, what does everyone think about it? Soundproof helps it beat SubCM Meloetta, while Bulletproof makes it a Psychic-resist that is immune to a lot of coverage (like Chesnaught).

Toxapex is one of few good poison types in the tier, beating most Psychics with a Specially Defensive set. Toxic Spikes are pretty good, since the most common spinner (Avalugg) doesn't like them much.

Z-Conversion is definitely interesting, I think. Porygon-Z won't change its type (unless you want to use Psyshock to beat Chansey), but Tri-Attack/Conversion/Recover/Filler is a good set. You outspeed Chansey and P2 even when Paralyzed, and 2HKO the latter with rocks.

lucky n bad

I don't think Avalugg has deteriorated in viability much if at all, it's still the premier physical wall. CB Tapu Bulu 2HKOs it with Wood Hammer, though. I never really liked using Ava myself.
I've been rly busy recently (and still am), but in about a week or so I'll be ready to play games, just find me on rom!

They Don't Want None

The previous system was flawed as the most active OM would always be the one that was newly released, because of initial hype. So that system is removed and Leader's Choice has no restrictions. I've selected Inverse because it didn't have a successful start this generation and the Leader's Choice could be the boost it needs! #MakeInverseGreatAgain

-inactive in BH due corrupt leader-

Hello all, due to inactivity, OM room and I will be taking over inverse in the hopes of reviving it for the new gen. I'll start off by saying I'm accepting sample teams for people who still have some lying around and we can talk about what the banlist for USUM Inverse should look like from this point forward

With a weakness to only Poison and Electric and resistances to Fire, Grass, Fighting, Water and Steel (and effectively Ice), I feel like Mamoswine could be a top tier threat. Most of the Pokemon that resist this threat have no recovery and Stone Edge hits a lot of the Pokemon that do (not that they'd see use.) This Pokemon bops threats such as Tapu Bulu, Greninja, and even Avalugg (252+ Atk Mamoswine Subzero Slammer (160 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Avalugg: 266-314 (67.5 - 79.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery). With a plethora of nice resistances for switching in, this Pokemon is definitely a top tier threat in this meta - I'm not sure exactly what checks right now, but since this is Day 1 for me I'm sure there'll be some stuff. ...Right?

Superpower neutralizes the Ghosts that would otherwise check its STABs alone, and Pursuit traps so many things such as Greninja, Tapu Bulu, and other stuff. I feel like Tyranitar is pretty mad in this tier actually lol what resists that? I guess p2 could count but idk, that seems like a pretty hard threat to beat as well. Tyranitar beats Kartana too which is pretty nice though I don't think that'll be too good in this meta since Steels lose out on a lot anyway, I guess it's still a pretty hard hitter though? Also lol this set checks Keld too...

I’ve always been a fan of Inverse and since I’ve noticed the banlist is a little outdated (Mawilite is “unbanned” for example) I’d like to suggest a few Pokemon to potentially unban in an USUM setting.

Mega Metagross had a terrific defensive typing in regular play, allowing it to be a leading factor in its ban compared to its bulk. In Inverse, Mega Metagross is weak to over half of the entire type chart with 10 whole weaknesses. Some of these include common offensive coverage types such as Poison, Grass, and Normal, making it very easy to take advantage of. While it’s offensive prowess remains, Mega Metagross might be worth looking at in this metagame, as it seems far easier to revenge kill with weaknesses to common offensive coverage typings. While it has 4 resistances, these aren’t particularly as common and are outweighed by its large amount of weaknesses.

Genesect, like Mega Metagross, has a god awful defensive typing, only it’s a lot worse. 9 weaknesses, all to common types including a quadruple weakness to Grass makes it absolutely mediocre defensively. Its only resistance to Fire is not relevant since Fire is not a particularly common offensive coverage type either. While Genesect still has access to Download and a good offensive typing, it seems very easy to revenge kill in this metagame. It’s walled by the likes of Mega Abomasnow and Tyranitar, for instance. I’m a bit more tentative on Genesect than I am on Mega Metagross but I believe that both of these deserve more attention. Perhaps some kind of Suspect Test would go a long way.

I’ve always been a fan of Inverse and since I’ve noticed the banlist is a little outdated (Mawilite is “unbanned” for example) I’d like to suggest a few Pokemon to potentially unban in an USUM setting.

Mega Metagross had a terrific defensive typing in regular play, allowing it to be a leading factor in its ban compared to its bulk. In Inverse, Mega Metagross is weak to over half of the entire type chart with 10 whole weaknesses. Some of these include common offensive coverage types such as Poison, Grass, and Normal, making it very easy to take advantage of. While it’s offensive prowess remains, Mega Metagross might be worth looking at in this metagame, as it seems far easier to revenge kill with weaknesses to common offensive coverage typings. While it has 4 resistances, these aren’t particularly as common and are outweighed by its large amount of weaknesses.

Genesect, like Mega Metagross, has a god awful defensive typing, only it’s a lot worse. 9 weaknesses, all to common types including a quadruple weakness to Grass makes it absolutely mediocre defensively. Its only resistance to Fire is not relevant since Fire is not a particularly common offensive coverage type either. While Genesect still has access to Download and a good offensive typing, it seems very easy to revenge kill in this metagame. It’s walled by the likes of Mega Abomasnow and Tyranitar, for instance. I’m a bit more tentative on Genesect than I am on Mega Metagross but I believe that both of these deserve more attention. Perhaps some kind of Suspect Test would go a long way.

Tapu Bulu: This pretty much fits every criteria possible to be considered broken. It has amazing offensive power with the type to complement it, can run a shitton of sets (Scarf, Band, AV, SubSeed, SD), also has good defensive presence with a good defensive typing. LITERALLY the ONLY thing that could keep this even remotely balanced is the average speed, but then again, Scarf exists. Leading towards ban.